Synopsis
'I couldn't stop reading it . . . a classic of true crime' - Lissa Evans, author of Small Bomb at Dimperley
'A fascinating true crime case study . . . deeply moving' The Times
A gripping, explosive murder mystery by acclaimed true crime writer Susannah Stapleton.
In April 1929, the body of British artist Olive Branson was found submerged in a water...
Details
24 April 2025400 pages
Nathalie Buscombe
9781529065541Imprint: Picador
Reviews
That Dark Spring is brilliantly structured and perfectly paced, and I couldn't stop reading it. Susannah Stapleton writes with beautiful clarity and has produced a classic of true crime. Lissa Evans, author of Old Baggage and Small Bomb at Dimperley
Stapleton is a masterly storyteller. She brings a vanished world to lifeJudith Flanders, author of The Invention of Murder
A gruesome but richly fulfilling thriller Literary Review
'A fascinating true crime case study . . . A ghost story, a tale of folk long-dead, a portraitof a vanished world'The Times
